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Yes it's far from perfect, my point is that is was still better than pay2win. Whether free2play is more or less discriminating than DRM AAA titles with price s

Yes it's far from perfect, my point is that is was still better than pay2win. Whether free2play is more or less discriminating than DRM AAA titles with price starting at 12x the price of an optional pass is a whole other real question. Regulation of virtual goods economics market will be an important debate. But most people don't even know about these huge markets, let alone politicians. One key point is that current copyright laws are totally inadequate to latest technologies. Company can build empire based on copyrighted material in a heartbeat while decades are needed before anything enter to the public domain. So much energy is wasted fighting legal roadblock instead of innovating on previous concepts...

daemin 6y ago
Actually I'd say that it's not any better than pay-to-win, and could actually be worse. At least with pay-to-win you know that it's a sham and that it's only the amount of money that you spend which influences how good you are at the game (more or less). With cosmetics and appearances it's much more stealthy since you're still a good player if you win, but there is peer pressure to pay for a skin so you can keep up with the latest fashions. You could easily spend more and more money this way before realising what a sham it is, and all you'd have to show for it is maybe a full digital wardrobe of stuff you never wear. (With no way to sell that to recoup even some of the costs).
mech422 6y ago
>>Regulation of virtual goods economics market will be an important debate. But most people don't even know about these huge markets, let alone politicians. Thats not quite true w.r.t. loot boxes. Several EU and Asian countries have already classified them as gambling and regulated them as such. I believe EA's Fifa soccer was pulled from several countries because of this.

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Yes it's far from perfect, my point is that is was still better than pay2win. Whether free2play is more or less discriminating than DRM AAA titles with price s

by Twisell 6y ago

daemin 6y ago
Actually I'd say that it's not any better than pay-to-win, and could actually be worse. At least with pay-to-win you know that it's a sham and that it's only the amount of money that you spend which influences how good you are at the game (more or less). With cosmetics and appearances it's much more stealthy since you're still a good player if you win, but there is peer pressure to pay for a skin so you can keep up with the latest fashions. You could easily spend more and more money this way before realising what a sham it is, and all you'd have to show for it is maybe a full digital wardrobe of stuff you never wear. (With no way to sell that to recoup even some of the costs).
mech422 6y ago
>>Regulation of virtual goods economics market will be an important debate. But most people don't even know about these huge markets, let alone politicians. Thats not quite true w.r.t. loot boxes. Several EU and Asian countries have already classified them as gambling and regulated them as such. I believe EA's Fifa soccer was pulled from several countries because of this.